HH TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has announced that he will on Tuesday this week hold a press conference to address the nation on various issues, main among them, political violence in the country.
Speaking this afternoon when he officiated at the Evangelical Church in Zambia Diamond Jubilee celebrations service in Matero constituency, President Hichilema says he will not allow the country to return to hooliganism and street fighting under his watch.
He says there is no need for the country to begin experiencing violence as is the case in other neighboring countries.
The head of state says days where citizens and members of the public were attacked, killed are long gone and should not return.
Meanwhile, President Hichilema has highlighted the need for the church and government to continue working together and engaging in dialogue when there is a departure from any of them.
Shelf bill 7 , come up with KAMONO solution, come up with Zesco issue
For Hakainde, Dialogue means calling the Civil Society Organizations and Zambia Conference Of Catholic Bishops…make some noises , and drink state house coffee.
The following day , he continues with his Agenda on his Bill 7. That’s his version of Dialogue.
Whenever he hears that ZCCB wants to release a Pastoral Letter, he quickly calls the Bishops to State house…
Same with CSOs. They raised reservations on the Constitutional Amendment Processes , he called them to statehouse, made some noises, he still went forward with Bill 7.
It’s only the ConCourt which stopped him..and it will be the people of Zambia and the same court which will stop him again .
At least he calls them. I blame them for keeping quiet when they go there.
One thing I want the presidency to think about as they go about the press conference today, is to question themselves of why all but just a few of their lieutenants have gone mute, this should be a source of worry for any leadership, if you look on the ground, very few people are actively engaging to ensure the unlikely victory of the UPND, visible are people like Liswaniso, the misfiring Copperbelt minister and his mining counterpart who of course have gone into reset mode after the Chingola disaster and a few others. Is there a silent protest or are they seeing the oncoming train? It is time for the presidency to have an inward look so as to recheck some of the things that have taken place from inception of the UPND presidency and make necessary adjustments. They say it is never too late.